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Church · Linz, Upper Austria

Pöstlingberg Basilica

Pöstlingbergkirche · Wallfahrtsbasilika Pöstlingberg

The Pöstlingberg Basilica is the Catholic pilgrimage and parish church on the Pöstlingberg in Linz, dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary and raised to a minor basilica in 1964.

Why go

This record is the church, not the Pöstlingberg hill, the Pöstlingbergbahn tram or the Grottenbahn. The pilgrimage page of its parish (in German) says the pilgrimage grew from the private devotion of a simple man, that fires in 1919 and 1963 above all threatened the church, that it was restored with the help of many donors, most recently with the renovation of the towers in 2003, and that a papal brief of Paul VI raised the pilgrimage and parish church to a minor basilica on 11 June 1964. The page is signed by the Oblates of St Francis de Sales at Pöstlingberg; the diocese's parish site lists the parish community Urfahr-Pöstlingberg, within the parish of Urfahr – St. Junia, at Am Pöstlingberg 1.

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Linz

Linz is the capital city of Upper Austria, on the Danube, and UNESCO lists it in its Creative Cities Network as a City of Media Arts, a member since 2014. XTOUR maps the Ars Electronica Center, the Lentos Art Museum, the New Cathedral, Linz Castle and the Pöstlingberg Basilica in the city.

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